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New Details Emerge About Casino-Robbing Las Vegas Couple
Casino.org has uncovered new details about John and Lydia Salmen, the older couple arrested for stealing more than $652K in cash and casino chips from the cashier’s cage at Nevada’s Primm Valley Casino on July 19. Though income is not always a...
Legionnaires’ Disease Discovered at Caesars Palace Las Vegas
Two separate cases of Legionnaire’s disease are being investigated in hotel guests shortly after they stayed at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. One occurred in December 2023, the other in June 2024. All water samples taken after the first case tested negative...
Boyd to Build New Casino on Jokers Wild Site Near Las Vegas
Boyd Gaming announced Thursday its plans to demolish its Jokers Wild Casino in Henderson, Nev. and built a new casino, Cadence Crossing Casino, elsewhere on the 15-acre site. Construction is expected begin later this year and wrap by early 2026. "We're opening...
New Doc Chronicles Near Death of Cirque’s “O” Show at Bellagio Las Vegas
“The Beatles LOVE” wasn’t the only recent Cirque du Soleil casualty in Las Vegas. “Zumanity,” which closed at New York-New York just before the pandemic shutdown in March 2020, never reopened. And “O,” the aquatic show that opened along with the Bellagio...
Celine Dion Will Have New Resorts World Las Vegas Residency — Report
A new day has come for Celine Dion. According to TMZ, the Canadian superstar is in the “final stages” of negotiating a contract to finally appear at Resorts World Las Vegas, where she was scheduled to begin a residency in November 2021....
Celine Dion to Begin Her Las Vegas Comeback by Singing at Paris Olympics
The road to Celine Dion’s Las Vegas comeback will begin with the opening ceremony at the Summer Olympics in Paris on Friday. It will be the Canadian pop legend’s first performance since a March 9, 2020 concert at the Prudential Center in...
Neon Museum to Restore Debbie Reynolds Las Vegas Casino Sign
The Neon Museum in Las Vegas is putting a vintage Hollywood starlet's name back in lights. On Wednesday, in the museum’s Neon Boneyard, a portion of the signage that once fronted the Debbie Reynolds Hollywood Hotel and Casino was lifted by crane...
VEGAS RESTAURANT ROUNDUP: Pizza Chain Fined for Child Labor, Miracle Mile Food Hall Lineup, Krispy Kreme to Resorts World
Federal investigators cited 10 Las Vegas locations of the chain Blaze Fast Fire’d Pizza for illegally employing minors, finding them $277,414 in civil penalties. The investigation found 28 children, aged 15 to 17, employed “to perform dangerous tasks and work more hours...
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Trees Can Spontaneously Combust in Strip Heat
More than 119K people watched this video of a smoking palm at the Encore Beach Club, which was posted to X/Twitter at 5:30 p.m. July 7 by the account @KMart. “It’s so hot in Vegas," the post claimed, "the Wynn pineapple lit...
Clark County Commissioner Proposes Name Change to Las Vegas County
It makes perfect sense to Tick Segerblom. He’s the new chair of the Clark County Commission, the seven elected officials who really govern the Las Vegas Strip. Unbeknownst to almost everyone who has never resided in Las Vegas, Clark is the name...
